[Watchman]

I’m feeling a bit Armsteen about that

[Andy McDandy]

My word, what a sad bastard.

I kind of get the attraction of power, of being close to the centre, of seeing the decisions get made. I get the general fucked-upness of MPs and their need for affirmation and ideas, preferably from a well scrubbed and fresh faced person projecting an image of intelligence, preferably one whose own trajectory is tied so closely to yours that they're as pathetically grateful to you as you are to them. But seriously, can they all just fuck off and fuck each other somewhere in private?

[Malcolm Armsteen]

You only have to look at him, for fucksake. If ever anyone looked like a wrong 'un...

[Youngian]

Zahawi’s landed on his feet already, what a stroke a luck

Former chancellor Nadhim Zahawi has been appointed chairman of online retailer Very Group, which owns Very and Littlewoods.
The Conservative MP, who last week said he would stand down at the next election, will replace interim chairman Aidan Barclay at the company which is part of the Barclay family’s business empire.
Mr Zahawi has previously been linked with helping the Barclay family on their attempts to regain control of the Telegraph newspaper, which was placed into receivership by its lender Lloyds in June 2023. https://www.standard.co.uk/business/bus ... 57314.html

[Watchman]

Sounds like he got it entirely on merit

[Yug]

Of course he did. What company doesn't want to learn new and exciting ways of evading tax?

[Tubby Isaacs]

Mercifully Zahawi is retiring, but still making the news. Or at least his solicitor is.